This post is part of the Canadian Style series.
7.02 Spacing: obliques
No space before or after an oblique when used between individual words, letters or symbols; one space before and after the oblique when used between longer groups that contain internal spacing:
and/or
University of Lethbridge / Lethbridge College
I wonder what you’re supposed to do if you have a single word on one side, but a phrase (with internal spacing) on the other. Is there any clear direction on that?
Good question. It doesn’t say specifically, but two examples in 7.55 show it as: [word]/[two words].